RE: Creating 3480 tapes on a 3490E tape drive?

["Nick Arnold" <narnold@xxxxxxx>]

We use have a 3490E tape drive, and we can Create/Write & Read to 3480
media.

As far as I am aware we do not have any special PTF's loaded on the As/400.


Nick Arnold
Production Services Manager,
IBM Certified Specialist.

Coutts NatWest Group IT Limited,
PO Box 125, 23/25 Broad Street,
St Helier, Jersey, JE4 8QG,
Channel Islands, UK.

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-----Original Message-----
From:   owner-midrange-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]
On Behalf Of Wechsler
Sent:   07 January 1999 13:49
To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject:        Re: Creating 3480 tapes on a 3490E tape drive?



David Gibbs wrote:

> Greetings!
>
> A while ago, I think someone mentioned that you could create a 3480 tape
> on a 3490E tape drive if you applied a certian PTF.
>
> Is this true?  If so, what's the PTF required?
>
> Thanks!
>
> david
>

David,
With a 3490 you can read 3480 cartridges but not to create/write them.
It is very disappointing. But only IBM can answer why when they shipped 3490
and
most
mainframe sites used 3480 you couldn't send a 3490 tape to them, e.g. till
now we
have to send old reel tapes to such sites here.
J. Wechsler


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